Accurate Weather for Public Safety Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 23, 2020)
Accurate Weather for Public Safety Act
This bill requires a strategy and studies to address obstructions to accurate weather observations forecasting.
The bill expands notice requirements relating to structures that interfere with air commerce or national security to require public notice of the construction or expansion of a structure or sanitary landfill when such notice will promote the ability of any federal agency engaged in meteorological or atmospheric observations to accurately forecast weather.
The Department of Commerce must designate a senior official of the National Weather Service (NWS) and a lead organization of the NWS to serve as (1) the executive agent to carry out the strategy for addressing the weather forecasting and public safety impacts of certain Department of Transportation (DOT) projects, and (2) a clearinghouse to coordinate Commerce review of applications for such projects.
Commerce must develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing the weather forecasting and public safety impacts of such DOT projects.
What just happenedSep 24, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 23, 2020
- Sep 24, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Aviation Subcommittee - Sep 23, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Science, Space, and Technology Committee - Sep 23, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Sep 23, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 23, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House